Legal Clinics for Entrepreneurs

Sound legal advice is essential for success in business and preventing costly
troubles that can ruin an enterprise. At our Legal Clinics, LegalCORPS
volunteer lawyers provide brief, no-charge 30-minute legal-clinic graphicconsultations to lend
a hand to low-income entrepreneurs as they start and grow their business.

Clinics are by appointment only.

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month

Location: Greater Mankato Growth
 Greater Mankato Business Development Center
1961 Premier Drive, Mankato, MN

Contact the Small Business Development Center, 507-389-8875
or julie.nelson@mnsu.edu to schedule a 30-minute session.

Legal issues facing an entrepreneur include:

  • What legal form it should operate under
  • Duties owners owe to each other
  • Managing liability risks
  • Taxation
  • Employment policies
  • Real estate leases, acquisition and taxes
  • Intellectual property
  • Government regulations

This program is provided through a partnership of:

  • Small Business Development Center
  • LegalCORPS
  • Greater Mankato Business Accelerator
  • Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

Legal CORPS volunteers:

  • Blethen, Gage & Krause, PLLP
  • Eide Bailly – CPAs & Business Advisors
  • Farrish Johnson Law office, Chtd.
  • Gislason & Hunter, LLP
  • Jones and Magnus
  • Kakeldey & Associates
  • Maschka, Riedy and Ries, PLLP
  • Susan Stevens Chambers

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